Clothes drying rack



Oct. 2, 1951 A. c. SHOENER CLOTHES DRYING RACK Filed March 24, 1950 Fig. 3

Arthur C. .Shoener IN VEN TOR.

Patented Oct. 2, i951 UNITED" iSTATES PATENT OFF-ICE A Application March 24, 1950, Serial No. 151,597

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in clothes drying racks, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device of the character herein described which is particularly adapted for indoor use and which may be readily adjusted so as to vary the space between clothes hung thereon so as to assure proper drying.

Some of the advantages of the inventionreside in its simplicity of construction, in its efficient operation, and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially in the construction and arrangement of parts as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary under side perspective view of a roof or ceiling, showing the invention secured to the rafters or joists thereof;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the invention in an inverted position and with the clothes supporting rods thereof removed; and

Figure 3 is an elevational view of one of the clothes supporting rods.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a clothes drying rack which is designated generally by the reference character Ill and embodies in its construction a substantially U-shaped frame I2 including a pair of spaced parallel side members l4 having upturned portions l6 at one end thereof connected together by a bight portion l8 substantially as shown.

The entire rack i formed from wire, and it is to be noted that the wire of the frame I 2 is coiled so as to provide a pair of loops or eyes 20 at the junction of the bight portion l8 and the respective upturned portions l6. These eyes are intended to receive suitable fastening elements such as nails or screw 22 whereby the rack may be secured at one end thereof to one of the rafters or joists 24 of a flat roof or ceiling 26, while the remaining end portion of the rack is similarly mounted by means of an inverted U-shaped member 28 which includes a pair of downwardly projecting limbs 30, provided at their lower ends with a pair of eyes 32 which are slidable on the aforementioned side members l4, so that the distance of the member 28 from the bight portion I8 may be increased or decreased so as to conform to the spacing of the rafters or joists 24.

The supporting member 28 is provided at the upper ends of the limbs 3|] with additional eyes or loops 34 to receive further fastening elements 36 for securing the supporting member to the joist or rafter, and it is to be noted that the free end portions of the side members It are upturned, as indicated at 38, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

A plurality of clothes supporting rods 40 are provided with upturned end portion 42 terminating in eyes 44 which are slidable on the side members M of the frame l2, by means of which arrangement the rods 40 may not only be adjusted as to their mutual spacing, but may also be completely removed from the side members when so desired. The latter may be achieved by simply removing the fastening element 36 and sliding the eyes 32 off the side members l4, whereupon one or more of the rods 40 may be slid off the side members over the upturned end portions 38. These upturned end portions will effectively prevent the rods 40 from sliding off the side member unintentionally after the removal of the supporting member 28, in the event that the frame l2 should become tilted downwardly from its normal, substantially horizontal position.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a clothes drying rack, the combination of a substantially U-shaped frame disposed in a horizontal plane and including a pair of spaced parallel side members having upturned portions at one end thereof provided at their upper ends with a pair of eyes, and a bight portion spaced upwardly from said side members and extending transversely between said eyes, fastening elements extending through said eyes for securing said frame to the under side of a supporting structure, an inverted U-shaped member adapted to be secured to the stated supporting structure and including a pair of downwardly extending limbs provided at their lower ends with eyes slidable on the free end portions of the respective side members, and a plurality of rods extending transversely between said side members, said rods being provided at the opposite ends thereof with eyes slidable on the respective side 3 members between said limbs and the upturned portions of the side members, whereby mutual spacing of the rods may be varied. V

2. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein free end portions of said side members are upwardly arcuated.

ARTHUR C. SHOENER.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Number 1 Taylor Dec. 22, 1896 Number 10 Number Name Date Myers et a1. July 11, 1899 Schiele May 3, 1904 Siever Nov. 23, 1915 Roepe et a1. Dec. 19, 1916 Kottke 1 May 12, 1925 Swably Apr. 23, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain July 18, 1927 

